Shutter fastener or bower.



G. ERWIN.

SHUTTER FASTENER 0R BbWEB. A'PPLIOATION FILED JULY 2a, 1909.

Patented Nov. 2, 1909.

GRACE ERWIN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHUTTER FASTENER OR BOWER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2, 1909.

Application filed July 26, 1909. Serial No. 509,635.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GRACE ERWIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inShutter Fasteners or Bowers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved shutter fastener or bower, theobject of the invention being to provide a shutter fastener or bower,which can be easily and quickly manipulated to lock the shutter in aclosed position, and also allow the shutters to be opened to differentpositions and hold the same in such position as desired.

A further object of my invention is to provide a shutter fastener orbower, which is very plain in construction, and can be easily attachedto any shutter to produce the desired result.

Figure 1, is a view in elevation illustrating my improvements. Fig. 2,is a plan view of my improved device holding the shutters in one of itsseveral positions. Fig. 3, is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig.4, is a front elevation of a section of the bower showing the fasteningmeans of the bower to the shutter. Fig. 5, is a vertical sectional Viewthrough Fig. 4:.

Referring to the drawing, 1 and 2 represent window shutters of the usualconstruc tion.

3 represents my improved shutter fastener or bower, and comprises twobars 4 and 5, which are hinged together at 6. The bar 41 is providedwith an elongated slot 7 through which the bolt 8, which is fastened tothe shutter 1, extends, and has screwed on its nd a wing nut o r thumbscrew 9, which will an be held in any position on the shutter 2,

y allowing the screw 12 to be passed hrough the desired circular opening10 in he bar 5, and then allow the bar to lower on the screw 12 in thecut out portion 11 at the top of the circular opening 10, thus placingthe bar in one of its desired positions. The bar 5 of the bower is bentoutward at its end as shown at 13.

The operation of my device is as follows. To hold the shutters in abowed position such as is desired, manipulate the bower 3 by passing thescrew head of screw 12 through the desired circular opening in bar 5,and lower the bower on the screw 12, which will rest in the out outportion 11 of the circular opening 10, and position the bar 5 on theshutter 2. The next step is to allow the bar 4 to move on the shutter 1,through the medium of the bolt 8 on the shutter 1, and slot 7 in the bar4, and then screw the wing nut 9 on the bolt 8 tight against bar .4,fastening the bar 4 to shutter 1, when the shutters are in the desiredposition. To

lock the shutters, position the bower on shutters in their closedposition, and then screw the wing nut 9 tight against bar 4:. When theshutters are open to a greater extent than the bower will allow, thebower will have the position as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

Slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangement ofparts described without departing from my invention, and hence I do notrestrict myself to the precise details set forth, but consider myself atliberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within thespirit and scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is In combination with a pair of shutters, abolt projected through one of said shutters, a thumb nut on the innerend of said bolt, a

headed screw secured in the other shutter with its head disposed somedistance from the face of the shutter, a shutter bower or fastenercomprising two members hinged together, an elongated slot in one memberpositioned on the bolt and between the thumb nut and the face of theshutter, the other member of said fastener or bower having a series ofopenings, each opening of a diameter sufiiciently large to be passedover the head of the screw, and each opening having an upwardlyprojecting restricted recess or extension of a diameter too small to bepassed over the head of the screw, but sufficiently large to receive theshank of the screw, whereby when said member is positioned over thescrew, it will by its Weight fall to a position with the restrictedportion of the o ening over the shank of the screw, substantlally as andfor the purpose set I forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

GRACE ERWIN.

Witnesses:

R. H. KRENKEL, J. A. L. MULHALL.

